A French family did the same thing for my grandfather. We are still in touch with them, as well. They would have been executed or sent to the concentration camps if they had been caught helping an Allied airman. I think of that whenever some redneck know-nothing makes a joke about the French being cowards.

After four days, a Resistance fighter known by the code name Maxime appeared and, with the help of two bicycles provided by Gisele's father, guided Sam to the Fréteval Forest where 152 downed Allied air crew hid in a camp codenamed "Sherwood."

I've read more than a few histories of the war and the existence of such large camps within occupied France was news to me.

Honour to those such as Gisele & family who helped our parents & grandparents get away from the Bad Guys during that late conflict. Know far better than to call it Gt Patriotic War, too. Not really surprised to see who's handling the movie referred to in comment #1

I used to work for a former B-17 pilot who was shot down over Belgium. They and the French hid him. At one point, while hidden behind a false wall in a barn, the Gestapo showed up and hauled the whole family out in the year. When no one would reveal anything, they shot the father in the head and left.

He made it home in 4-5 months, started his own business, and had over 26,000 hours of flight time when he quit logging it.